Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Solomon Islands

1968

Life expectancy: 54.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1968 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Solomon Islands was 54.1 years in 1968: 56.0 for women and 52.8 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 2,273 people died; 23.9% of them were 65 or older and 36.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

54.1

Women

56.0

Men

52.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

81.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

113.7

Deaths

2,273

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

398

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

329

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	81.00	92.66	56.0	52.8
1-4	8.77	8.94	59.6	56.8
5-9	3.63	3.63	57.7	54.8
10-14	2.71	2.80	53.7	50.8
15-19	3.97	4.09	49.4	46.4
20-24	5.17	5.86	45.3	42.4
25-29	5.85	6.40	41.4	38.5
30-34	6.63	7.31	37.6	34.7
35-39	7.47	8.80	33.8	30.9
40-44	8.48	11.00	30.0	27.2
45-49	10.05	13.83	26.1	23.6
50-54	13.58	18.69	22.4	20.1
55-59	18.48	25.33	18.7	16.8
60-64	27.87	36.62	15.3	13.7
65-69	41.29	52.63	12.2	11.0
70-74	64.86	78.12	9.4	8.5
75-79	101.36	118.71	7.1	6.4
80-84	157.28	177.16	5.2	4.8
85-89	231.85	261.64	3.9	3.5
90-94	343.43	386.20	2.8	2.5
95-99	464.20	517.13	2.1	1.9
100+	600.38	652.83	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Solomon Islands by year

Mortality in Solomon Islands, 1968

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